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Lauren Bacall has died at age 89. Born Betty Joan Perske to Jewish parents in the Bronx, as a teenager she took the Romanian surname of her mother and became the actress Lauren Bacall. Known for her sultry looks, green eyes and husky voice, she was extremely successful in modeling, the theater and movies. Her breakthrough into movie stardom occurred in the waning years of WWII when she acted with Humphrey Bogart and subsequently married him.